Notre Dame Rumors & News

Sporting News - NCAAB
"Garrick Sherman played sparingly in two seasons at Michigan State before transferring to Notre Dame in 2012. He had a strong senior campaign for the Irish, averaging 13.4 points per game during the 2013-14 season.
But the 6-11 center, who now plays overseas in Georgia with Dinamo Tbilisi,..."
May 28

ESPN
"Notre Dame guard Demetrius Jackson is returning to school next season, he told ESPN.
Jackson had been projected as a potential first-round pick in the NBA draft.
The sophomore averaged 12.4 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game this past season. He led the team in 3-point field goal..."
April 14

CBS Sports
"The Associated Press released its 2014-15 All-America team Monday with Wisconsin senior Frank Kaminsky the lone player to receive a unanimous selection. Kaminsky helped lead the Badgers to their second straight Final Four appearance and led the team in scoring at 18.7 points per game.
Duke..."
March 30

Yahoo! Sports
"Notre Dame is back in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2003 after surviving a dramatic turnover in the final seconds of regulation against Butler late Saturday night and winning 67-64 in overtime.
Notre Dame coach Mike Brey announced after the game that his 84-year-old mother, Betty, died..."
March 23

College Basketball Talk
"On Wednesday morning, news leaked out of South Bend that starting center Zach Auguste did not make the trip to Georgia Tech with the Irish.
He wasn’t kicked off the team, it was just an academic issue that he has to get cleared up. And while Notre Dame head coach did comment on Auguste after..."
January 15

ESPN
"Notre Dame junior forward Zach Auguste has been suspended indefinitely due to academics, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Sources told ESPN that the length of the suspension has yet to be determined. He won't play Wednesday night at Georgia Tech.
Notre Dame spokesman Dennis Brown told ESPN.com..."
January 14

ESPN
"Veteran official Karl Hess has worked his final ACC basketball game.
Hess, who has worked ACC games for more than 25 years, told ESPN that his comment made to Atlanta hotel magnate Mit Shah during Sunday's Louisville-Wake Forest game in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was made in jest.
Shah,..."
January 10

College Basketball Talk
"Through Notre Dame’s first seven games of the season 6-foot-8 forward V.J. Beachem was a valuable reserve, averaging 8.4 points in 16 minutes of action per contest. Having Beachem gave Notre Dame another shooter to call upon, with the sophomore shooting 57.1% from the field and 55.6% from beyond..."
December 04

CBS Sports
"Missouri transfer and former Notre Dame guard Cameron Biedscheid has committed to Iona, sources told CBSSports.com.
He will have 2 1/2 years of eligibility remaining.
The Gaels are expected to file a hardship waiver with the NCAA with the hopes that Biedscheid will be eligible for the second..."
November 27

College Basketball Talk
"Jerian Grant screwed up.
He knows it. He freely admits his screw up was a doozy – a stupid, selfish and ill-timed decision that he paid for dearly. Grant was suspended from school for the spring semester, costing him the final 20 games of Notre Dame’s 2013-14 season, for what the school has..."
November 14

ESPN
"In a landmark decision, a federal judge ruled Friday that the NCAA is in violation of the nation's antitrust laws by restricting the compensation that major college football and men's basketball student-athletes can receive for use of their names, images and likenesses.
U.S. District Court..."
August 08

Chicago Tribune
"Notre Dame picked up its second oral commitment of the summer hoops circuit Saturday when Elijah Burns, a 6-foot-8 forward from Blairstown, N.J., said he would attend Notre Dame. "
July 21

South Bend Tribune
"The last time he was a member of the Notre Dame men’s basketball team during the regular season, guard Jerian Grant had the luxury of leaning on others to handle the leadership lifting.
This month, all of that landed on his shoulders, and a semester away from the squad seemingly better prepared..."
July 20

Zagsblog
"Kansas transfer Andrew White III will visit Notre Dame today (Wednesday) and Thursday, he told SNY.tv.
The 6-foot-6 White also visited Nebraska last week.
“Great visit,” he said. “I met with a lot of people, saw a lot of places around campus, hooped with the guys and had a good time being..."
July 02

College Basketball Talk
"There were concerns that Notre Dame junior wing Pat Connaughton would have to forego his senior season of basketball after being selected in the 2014 MLB Draft.
But after being selected in the fourth round by the Baltimore Orioles, Connaughton will be allowed to play for Notre Dame this season..."
June 10

CBS Sports
"Pat Connaughton, who'll be a key player for Notre Dame's basketball team next season, was taken Friday in the fourth round of Major League's Baseball Draft by the Baltimore Orioles.
Connaughton, a right-handed pitcher, will be able to hurl for the O's for nearly two months before basketball..."
June 06

CBS Sports
"You might not have known, but Notre Dame senior swingman Pat Connaughton is also a pretty solid pitcher. He went 3-5 and had a 3.92 ERA for the Irish's baseball team this past season.
That stat line's not as good as his 13.8 points and 7.1 rebounds average last season for Mike Brey on the hoops..."
May 29

CBS Sports
"Notre Dame has officially readmitted suspended guard Jerian Grant, it confirmed on Wednesday.
He is expected to begin classes when summer school starts.
Grant had been suspended from the team after 12 games last season, suddenly announcing he was no longer enrolled due to an academic..."
May 28

Fox Sports South
"The numbers aren't pretty for the ACC, any way you slice it.
A hoops-dominated conference that recently expanded in the hopes of becoming the nation's preeminent basketball league missed on that mark in Year 1.
And it's been trending downward for quite some time.
This marks the fourth..."
April 02

CBS Sports
"During conference realignment, there has always been the thought that the ACC would eventually move its conference tournament to Madison Square Garden. Even after the Big East and MSG extended their deal to 2026, the discussion was still there.
According to a report late Thursday night by Pete..."
March 14

ProSportsDaily
"Coron Williams made four 3-pointers en route to a season-high 25 points as the Demon Deacons defeated the Fighting Irish in the first round of the ACC tournament in Greensboro, N.C.
Devin Thomas contributed 19 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as 12th-seeded Wake Forest (17-15) shot a..."
March 13

Chicago Tribune
"After exiting the Big East without a earning a conference title, Notre Dame will need a miracle run in the ACC tournament to earn the conference's automatic NCAA tournament bid.
That bid starts today against Wake Forest, whose coach, Jeff Bzdelik, is on the hot seat.
The chances of that..."
March 12

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"In advance of Georgia Tech’s game at Notre Dame (7 p.m., ESPN2).
The Yellow Jackets’ first game at Notre Dame as ACC members carries a little extra meaning for coach Brian Gregory.
Gregory grew up in Mount Prospect, Ill., outside of Chicago, which is not far from South Bend, Ind. Gregory..."
February 26

ProSportsDaily
"Akil Mitchell made all seven of his shots en route to 15 points as the Cavaliers finished strong to pick up their 11th straight win and remain in first place in the ACC.
Anthony Gill also scored 15 points in a reserve role for Virginia (23-5, 14-1), which established a school record for wins in..."
February 23

Chicago Tribune
"Much of Tuesday’s 68-64 double-overtime Notre Dame victory over Clemson revolved around what was going on off the floor with freshman Demetrius Jackson.
The prized Irish freshman was not present, not even on the bench in street clothes, for the win, prompting speculation Jackson was considering..."
February 12

Chicago Sun-Times
"Notre Dame guard Eric Atkins looked at the Purcell Pavilion scoreboard on a couple of occasions and thought “we got this.”
But Clemson kept coming back.
Steve Vasturia finally buried the Tigers, nailing two three-pointers in the second overtime to help the Irish to a 68-64 victory.
“In a..."
February 12

Durham Herald-Sun
"Most players and coaches say they don’t look ahead on the schedule. North Carolina sophomore point guard Marcus Paige isn’t one of them.
Speaking in the locker room at Virginia just after a loss that dropped the Tar Heels to 1-4 in the ACC, Paige said that UNC had some winnable games coming up..."
February 09

Chicago Tribune
"Whether or not No. 1 Syracuse was hung over after beating Duke on Saturday, Notre Dame left the Carrier Dome on Monday with a performance it could be proud of in a 61-55 losing effort.
In a vacuum, the Irish had a good night and have plenty they can build on after taking the top team in the..."
February 04

Syracuse.com
"The Syracuse Orange didn't have much gas left in the tank after its scintillating overtime win over Duke on Saturday, but what Syracuse did have was Trevor Cooney.
With the rest of Syracuse's offense running on fumes, Cooney was clicking on all cylinders as the Orange put its new No. 1 ranking..."
February 04

Chicago Tribune
"Notre Dame sophomore Austin Burgett had a procedure to correct an irregular heartbeat Wednesday and will begin rehabbing in the middle of next week, coach Mike Brey said during his weekly news conference with reporters Thursday.
Burgett had a two-hour procedure in which doctors used radio waves..."
January 31

College Basketball Talk
"During Notre Dame’s loss to Florida State on January 21 sophomore forward Austin Burgett experienced an irregular heartbeat, and according to the Chicago Tribune he remained hopeful that he would be able to delay undergoing a corrective procedure until the end of the season.
Unfortunately that..."
January 30

Chicago Sun-Times
"Steve Vasturia stole the ball from Virginia’s Joe Harris. Seconds later, the Cavaliers regained possession as London Perrantes took the ball away from the Irish’s Pat Connaughton.
Virginia pushed it ahead to Malcolm Brogdon, who ended the wild sequence with a three-pointer.
Notre Dame was..."
January 29

Chicago Tribune
"The last time Notre Dame coach Mike Brey squared off against a Tony Bennett-coached team before Tuesday, it was in the NCAA tournament on March 22, 2008. No. 5 Washington State left Denver with a berth in the Sweet 16 after utterly dominating the No. 4 Irish on the defensive side of the ball for a..."
January 29

Chicago Sun-Times
"Mike Brey came up with a catchy nickname for himself.
“‘Must-win Mike,’” the Notre Dame coach joked, “because I’ve been in a lot of these must-win (games).”
After dropping three in a row, and with their next two on the road, the Irish needed to find a way to win Sunday’s home contest against..."
January 21

Chicago Tribune
"Notre Dame athletic director Jack Sw
arbrick assembled the media Tuesday to make a “major announcement” for his athletic department.
The announcement was not that Swarbrick is a fan of Ferris Bueller, whom Swarbrick quoted within the first two minutes of the news conference, but rather that..."
January 21

Chicago Tribune
"After a surprising victory over Duke, it seemed as though Notre Dame was going to be just fine in the wake of Jerian Grant’s suspension. But since that win, the Irish have dropped three consecutive games, the latest a 74-66 loss Wednesday at Maryland.
They are 1-3 in the ACC and their NCAA..."
January 17

ESPN
"One of the most valuable equipment contracts in college sports is changing.
The University of Notre Dame will switch from wearing adidas for all its team sports to Under Armour when the current deal expires at the end of the school year, multiple sources told ESPN.com. Terms of the deal, which..."
January 17